Chapter 11 Miscalculation

*Chase*

"Alpha Chase, the nurse was arrested by the police for attempting to take the child." I hang up my phone and throw my glass of scotch on the wall. Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! I run my hands through my hair and bang my head on the desk of the office. How the fuck could the nurse screw that up?! It was such a good plan.

When I received the news that Nurse Amy had died from severe blood loss and other complications, I was so relieved. One problem solved by mere human mortality. The humans were such an inferior race, a chunk of their neck ripped out and they're dead.

But I couldn't celebrate just yet. There was still the issue of the bastard half-breed who was delivered by the skilled medical doctors of the hospital. She was born healthy and was thriving on her own.

I had a half-breed niece! A she-wolf! The heir to the Lockwood wealth is a female! I looked up at the ceiling above me. The Moon Goddess has a sick sense of humor.

I called the nurse who Amy worked with at the ER to take the child from the maternity ward. She used to work at Lakeweed General Hospital before transferring to Brick County thus, she knew the layout of the hospital. At first, she was reluctant, but she could never resist my charms.

"Chase, it'll be impossible for me to take the child from the ward. If I get caught, I will be sent to prison and I will never be able to work as a nurse ever again."

"Sweetheart, don't you want to become my Luna?" I asked her sweetly. She was my latest 'score'. All I had to do was fill her head with thoughts of becoming Luna and she would do anything for me.

"Of course I want to become your Luna. Are you actually asking me to be your Mate?" I heard the excitement in her voice. She fell for it...hook, line and sinker.

"Then, for you to be Luna, I need to remain as Alpha. That child is the heir of Luke and thus, is the rightful Alpha by succession. If that child remains breathing..." I pause for some dramatic flare, "I will never become Alpha and you will never be Luna. Let me correct that last part... you will never become MY Luna."

"But Chase-," she tries to argue, but I cut her off.

"You do this one thing for me today and tomorrow, we will have a mating ceremony with you as my Luna."

"You promise?", she asked.

"I promise." She wasn't difficult to convince. Like the rest of the she-wolves out there, she just wanted to call me "hers".

However, she failed and is now in police custody. I'll have one of the lawyers see to her case. It's the least I could do for her.

My father opens the door and enters the office without even knocking, obviously hearing the glass shatter. I shouldn't have thrown my glass of scotch on the wall. Now, I have to deal with this asshole.

"What happened this time?" He points at the shards of glass strewn on the floor.

"My plan didn't work. I made a miscalculation," I answer him.

"What plan? I told you to consult with me first before you go on and do something stupid." Here we go again. I have always been seen as less capable by my father compared to my siblings. He always needed to remind me of that.

"I had that she-wolf, who's a nurse, take the baby." I couldn't lie to him. He was like a lie detector. He always knew when I was lying.

"At the hospital? Have you gone completely insane?" My father sits down on the chair in front of the desk, shaking his head in frustration to my idiocy. "Do you know they lock down the hospital when a baby goes missing? Even if she were able to take the baby from the maternity ward, she wouldn't be able to take the baby out of the hospital. She did tell you this? Right?"

"Yes, she did." She did try to. I just didn't want to listen.

"But you made her do it anyway. Where is she now?"

"With the police."

"Send a lawyer to take her statement. I want to know how she was caught and who caught her in the act. Have you sent any of our men to the hospital?"

"Yes, Father. Several cars of men."

"Tell them to leave the hospital. It is too obvious for them to be there. Send the lawyer to the nurse now. The earlier we know what happened to the nurse, the earlier we know what to do. Now, Chase!" My father barks his orders at me and I scurry, flipping through the names of the rolodex on the desk to find the number of our lawyers.

My father stands up and starts picking the shards of glass on the floor.

"I have a feeling someone is aiding the child," he said, his back turned to face me. There was a sinister tone in his voice. It sent me shivers just hearing it.

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*Eric Lockwood*

My son never thinks things through. Before Athena was born, he was considered the youngest for almost 10 years. He was spoilt rotten by everyone, most especially by his mother. So instead of trying to do things on his own, he had people do whatever was needed to be done  for him.

Kidnap a child in the hospital?! What a stupid, stupid plan. We had agreed earlier to just wait for Amy's family to bring the baby home before we make our move. Then he pulls this stunt. Dammit, I just wanted to take a piece of this broken glass I was picking up from the floor and slice his face with it. I ALWAYS had to clean up after him!

Chase finally finds the number of our lawyers and calls to send a lawyer to represent the nurse. He gave the attorney all the details and told him to immediately call us when he has her statement.

We waited in the office for the phone to ring, Chase downing shots of scotch while I just sat on the sofa, deep in thought. I needed to know what was going on and if my suspicions were correct. Two hours had passed when the lawyer finally called, telling us the nurse was apprehended by a man seated in front of the entrance of the ward. She smelled the wolf on him and assumed he was an Alpha, judging how he would give orders to the people around him. From which pack, she did not know.

"Chase, where was the nurse attacked again?" I ask my son, hoping he could provide me more details.

"At Salty Moon forest, Father."

"Check which wolf pack has territory there and find out who their Alpha is. I bet he's the one protecting the half-breed." Chase nods his head and starts making phone calls to get the information I needed.

Whoever that Alpha is and what pack he belongs to, I will make all of them pay for screwing up my plans.

You have messed with the wrong wolf.